Commissioner McCarty to Testify Before U.S. House Subcommittee on Behalf of NAIC

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty will testify on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations as part of a hearing entitled The Impact of Credit-Based Insurance Scoring on the Availability and Affordability of Insurance scheduled to take place Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

The witness list includes:

Panel One

• Ms. Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
• Honorable Kevin McCarty, Insurance Commissioner, State of Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”)
• Honorable George J. Keiser, Representative, State of North Dakota, on behalf of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (“NCOIL”)

Panel Two

• Mr. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance, Consumer Federation of America
• Ms. Lisa Rice, Vice President, National Fair Housing Alliance
• Mr. Eric Poe, Chief Operating Officer, CURE Automobile Insurance
• Mr. Charles Neeson, Senior Executive, Personal Lines Products, Westfield Group, on behalf of Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
• Mr. Stuart Pratt, President, Consumer Data Industry Association
• Dr. Lawrence S. Powell, Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Commissioner McCarty’s press release is reprinted below.

 

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Commissioner McCarty to Testify Before U.S. House Subcommittee on Behalf of NAIC

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the effect of credit-based insurance scores on the availability and affordability of insurance.

WHO: Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty
WHAT: Commissioner McCarty will speak to the House subcommittee and offer comments on Florida’s actions and the role of credit-based insurance scores in Florida today. He also will report on actions by other states on this issue.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2128 Washington, D.C.

 

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